Car-coupling



(No Model.)

T. R. MORGAN & J. J. & G. C. MQKITTERIOK.

OAR COUPLING.

No. 249,075. Patented Nov. 1,1881

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WITNESSESE UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS R. MORGAN, JOHN J. MCKITTERIOK, AND GEORGE O. MGKITTERIOK, OFJACKSON, OHIO.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,075, dated November1, 1881,

Application filed March 29, 1881.

To all whom 113 may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS E. MORGAN, JOHN J .lVIoKrr'rEnIcK,and GEORGE0. Mo- KITTERIOK, all citizens of the United States,

residing; at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvementin Oar-Couplings, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying 1o drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of our invention is to provide an automatic freight-carcoupling which shall be adapted for use in coupling cars of differentheights; and our invention consists in a drawhead having two chambersfor the link, provided with springbperated hooked levers for engagingwith and holding the link, as hereinafter described.

I11 the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofour invention and Fig. 2, a longitudinal section, showing the mechanismof the hooks.

The draw-head A is constructed with two chambers, a a, one above theother, having the 2 5 horizontal partition between them beveled to anedge in front, and a similar bevel upon each remaining side thereof forguiding the link into coupling position. Extending through the draw-headfrom top to bottom, and nearly, or

go quite, to the outer end, is a central slot, to, for

, receiving the hooked lovers 1) b, which are pivoted one above theother by pins passing through the draw-boa d, and provided withsuitably-inclined heads for being lifted by the contact and pressure ofthe link. The said hooks are designed to be operated by gravity or by asingle spring, 0, which is secured in the slot on the under side of thedraw-head, so as to press up against a heel, d, on lever 1), whereby thehooked end of said lever is held down in engagement with the link,holding the link in a horizontal position. The lever or hook I) ispivoted above hook I), so that its plane under surface shall rest uponthe top of the latter,

and the movement of each be limited and controlled by the other. 'Thehook I) is provided with a projection, c, which extends above thedram-head, and has pivoted thereto a togglelever, f, for lifting thehooks to release the 0 link. The said toggle-lever is so arranged that(No model.)

its rounded heels will slide upon the top of the draw-head to lift thehooks, and when moved backward beyond a vertical position its movementwill be arrested .bythe said projection, and it will thereby be lockedand the hooks held up until the cars are uncoupled. It is then thrownback into its former position and the next coupling is accomplishedautomatically by the impinging of the link against the end of one of thebooks. The draw-head is provided with a horizontal perforation above thelower hook, through which a pin may be passed for holding the said hooksecurelydown,

if desired, and in case the books should be broken a pin may be insertedinto the verti- '65 cal slot for holding the link.

It will be seen that our car-coupling may be constructed with only onechamber, or with several, without departing from the main prineiple; butordinarily two chambers are prefer- 7o able, since they will admit ofcoupling with cars, using the ordinary link, of from eight to ten inchesdifference in height.

A modification of the hooked levers consists in having them connected bya rod or bar instead ofbeing placed in j uxtaposition, as abovedescribed; or they may be made in one piece having two pivots, the upperpivot passing through an oblong hole in the hooks.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a car-coupling, the combination of two hooks, which are pivotedwith their upper and lower edges, respectively, in contact with eachother, substantially as shown and described, whereby both maybe operatedby one and the same spring, as specified.

2. In a ear-coupling, the combination of hook I), having heel cl, springa, secured against the 0 under side thereof, and hook I), pivoted incontact with the upper edge of hook I), substantially as shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

THOMAS R. MORGAN. JOHN JAMES MGKITTERICK. GEORGE CROOKHAM MOKITTERICK.

Witnesses:

J. A. ALESHIRE, B. F. KITCHEN.

